Cooperative Agreement F25AC02440
- The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded Kiva Biological Consulting a $189,990 cooperative agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program. The agreement funded line distance transects surveyed to estimate density of Mojave Desert tortoise in critical habitat areas located in Inyo County, California. Surveys were conducted between April 16, 2021 and September 30, 2021 to secure information on the threatened...
- This $142,100 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) supports a collaborative effort to manage invasive species and protect native arroyo chub populations, as well as provide safe havens for reintroductions of the California red-legged frog. The award, effective from July 8, 2024 to July 8, 2026, exemplifies a partnership-driven approach to endangered species conservation...
- The State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife, through its Wildlife Conservation Board division, received a $4 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615). The grant will support the acquisition of 638.64 acres of conservation lands in eastern Riverside County, California to complement habitat preservation goals under the Coachella Valley Multiple Species...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the CFDA 15.247 Wildlife Resource Management program provides $119,056.05 to conduct research on ornate box turtle habitat in sand shinnery oak shrublands in eastern New Mexico. The project will survey turtle populations and characterize vegetation, soil, and environmental conditions in areas with different land management treatments, including prescribed burns, mechanical/chemical...
- The Bureau of Land Management California Region awarded a $339,124 cooperative agreement to the California State University Fresno Foundation from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The award will support repatriation and preservation efforts for the blunt nosed leopard lizard under the Threatened and Endangered Species program (CFDA 15.246). As part of the T&E Species program's goal of restoring habitat connectivity and combating climate change impacts, the cooperative agreement funding...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $164,350 Cooperative Agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The funds will be used to generate feasibility assessments and design alternatives for constructing fish passage barriers and irrigation diversion structures to protect the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. Specific deliverables include: Evaluation of the feasibility and design alternatives...
- This $130,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) supports Bat Conservation International, Inc. (BCI) in conducting internal wildlife surveys at abandoned mine openings in the Mojave National Preserve (MOJA) in California. The goal of this project is to complete surveys to identify the presence of wildlife, particularly Townsend's big-eared bat and desert tortoise,...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) provides $163,974 to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) to support conservation management and recovery actions for 12 federally endangered and threatened fish species in southern Nevada. Key activities under this award include conducting species surveys and population monitoring, implementing habitat restoration,...
- The Oregon Desert Land Trust and partners received a $417,250 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 through July 15, 2027. The funding is provided under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation federal grant program (CFDA 15.657) to assess, protect, and restore streams, springs, and wet meadows in Oregon's Trout Creek and Pueblo Mountains. Key activities over the five-year period include continuing to assess and prioritize wet...
- This $113,053.82 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.657 Endangered Species Recovery Implementation) supports a 2.5-year project to assess the long-term success of a 2020 translocation to establish a new population of the endangered San Bernardino kangaroo rat in the San Jacinto region of California. The project will monitor the translocated population, evaluate the receiver site habitat, and provide supplemental individuals if needed to support...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), provides $131,750 to conduct field work to improve population estimates for all age classes of the desert tortoise in California's Mojave and Colorado Deserts. The awardee, Lonesome Desert, LLC, will carry out monitoring and related activities to collect data on the status and trends of the Mojave population of the desert tortoise. This includes conducting line distance sampling, telemetry work, and plot-based surveys to track tortoise densities. Lonesome Desert will provide qualified surveyors to walk transects, handle tortoises, and maintain tracking of radio-transmittered tortoises at focal populations. The award period is from Sep 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $131.8k | 8/21/25 |